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X Factor judge will appear in court later this month
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ashesEnglish sport is littered with failures to maintain a winning formula
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Roy Keane omits Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs from 'greatest' Manchester United team
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Ian Herbert: England need to learn from Aussies and master art of avoiding ‘the creep’ so they can keep winning when they are winning
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Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira relive the rivalry - after a shared ice cream in Warsaw
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Ashes 2013-14 match report: Alastair Cook future in jeopardy after another woeful display sees England lose to Australia by 218 runs to go down 2-0
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Manchester United player ratings: The best (and worst) performers for David Moyes during the season so far
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Gurdwaras-turned-food banks: Sikh temples are catering for rise in Britain’s hungry
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Exercise most effective lifestyle choice for preventing dementia, researchers say
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Teenage girl convicted of robbery after taking pre-crime selfie wielding knife
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Newly vegan Beyoncé wears fox fur to dine in meat free restaurant
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'I'm experiencing austerity as well', says Princess Michael of Kent
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No smoke without ire
Inside the e-cigarette revolution
Old enough to know better
How teenagers cope with a parent's cancer
She's on the money
Nancy Carroll tells Alice Jones about playing an MP's grasping wife
England need to master art of avoiding ‘the creep’
English sport is littered with failures to maintain a winning formula
Rover makes a splash
Lake is 'strongest evidence to date' of life on Mars
Yalda Hakim
From refugee to war reporter
The master of the high seas
Turner's genius for painting marine landscapes
The 10 Best Christmas hampers
These fine hampers make mouth-watering pressies for foodies
We all love him now, but it wasn't always so
The stampede of pundits to express a view about Nelson Mandela cheapens his remarkable achievements – and makes false heroes of the politically inert
Trudie Styler: 'Shakespeare gave guys the best roles'
The producer and activist, whose film 'Filth' is up for five British Independent Film awards, is tapping into the industry's neglected female talent
Patrick Cockburn: Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis
Everyone knows where al-Qa'ida gets its money, but while the violence is sectarian, the West does nothing
DJ Taylor: Nelson Mandela - the true embodiment of goodness
There is a spiritual dimension to the regard in which the late South African leader is held. The qualities he epitomised, of grace and charisma, have religious roots
Rupert Cornwell: Turning up the voice of America
The warm crackle and hiss of AM radio lives on in the US, and is about to get a boost that could put it back at the heart of communities
Fleeced by wool
Sheep farmers face Victorian levels of poverty, despite keeping the nation warm and fed
Veganism 2.0: Let them eat kale
The plant-based diet is winning new recruits, from pop stars to restaurateurs. Susie Mesure reports on a green revolution
